President John Dramani Mahama has known as on African leaders to take daring steps in constructing resilient and self-sustaining well being programs throughout the continent.
He made the decision on the opening of the Africa Well being Sovereignty Summit held on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, in Accra.
Addressing the gathering, President Mahama mentioned the time had come for Africa to cease relying closely on overseas assist to resolve its well being challenges.
He careworn that African nations should turn out to be the authors of their very own well being future by investing in native options and strengthening nationwide well being programs.
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“This summit is not only a gathering, it’s a name to motion. Africa should now not be the affected person. We should be the drivers, the architects, and the advocates of our personal well being future,” the President acknowledged.
President Mahama thanked the Director-Normal of the World Well being Group, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, for attending and for providing technical assist to assist Ghana develop its personal main well being care system.
He famous that though Africa had made important positive aspects in well being outcomes over time, current cuts in donor assist had put lots of these achievements in danger, together with Ghana’s Neighborhood-Based mostly Well being Planning and Companies (CHPS) programme.
He added that the problem prolonged past funding, describing it as a failure of worldwide solidarity and a problem to Africa’s proper to set its personal well being priorities.
Based on him, the continent should cease being a passive recipient of assist and as an alternative take full possession of its well being agenda.
He described the summit not simply as a coverage discussion board, however as an ethical name to motion and a strategic turning level for the continent.
President Mahama expressed gratitude to key companions, together with the African Union, the Rockefeller Basis, Georgetown College, and the Obasanjo Basis for his or her continued assist.
He additionally acknowledged that Africa didn’t endure from an absence of functionality, however from an absence of perspective, urging leaders to view well being not as a value, however as a “foreign money of dignity.”
The Director Normal of the World Well being Group( WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his remarks, warned that sharp declines in assist had been placing thousands and thousands of lives in danger.
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He praised Ghana’s current steps to extend native funding for its Nationwide Well being Insurance coverage Scheme, calling it a robust instance of political dedication to well being sovereignty.
Well being Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh known as for intentional plan for Africa’s well being future centered on knowledge, funding, and management from inside the continent.
The summit, hosted in Accra, introduced collectively African Heads of State, well being ministers, and world well being leaders to debate pressing reforms in the best way well being programs are ruled and financed on the continent.
It goals to push for reforms in world well being governance and spotlight nationwide possession, native funding, and stronger management in public well being.
Key outcomes of the summit embody the endorsement of The Accra Initiative, the launch of the SUSTAIN Initiative to advertise home well being financing, and the formation of a Presidential Excessive-Degree Panel. The Accra Compact, a doc outlining Africa’s unified imaginative and prescient for well being sovereignty, was additionally adopted.
By: Jacob Aggrey
